Kim Weston is a fine art photographer from California who specializes in nude photography. Weston was born to one of the most influential and creative families in American history and has been making fine-art nude photographs for over 35 years.

Training

Kim learned his craft assisting his father, Cole Weston, in the darkroom making gallery prints from the original negatives of his grandfather, Edward Weston. Kim also worked for many years as an assistant to his uncle, Brett Weston, whose bold, abstract photographs ranked him as the "child genius of American photography."

Format

Kim Weston's largest body of work consists of silver gelatin prints made from 6×7 (56mm x 69mm), 4×5, and 8×10 negatives. In addition to the 8×10 format he prints in 11×14 and 16×20 sizes. He also prints in Platinum and lately he has added paint to his photographs.

Equipment

Kim Weston’s first photographed using a Rolleiflex twin lens reflex (TLR) camera, later transitioning to a 4×5 Linhof (a gift from his uncle Brett ), then switching to an 8×10 Calumet, followed by an 8×10 Arca Swiss, and now using a Mamiya 67 which he inherited from his father Cole Weston.

Lifestyle

Kim Weston lives on Wildcat Hill, the former home of Edward Weston, with his wife Gina where he teaches several nude photography workshops every year.

Browse online or visit the gallery (Carmel Highlands) to view collectable prints of Kim's and Edward Weston from their private archive.

In addition, Kim is an educator and a mentor to young photographers having founded the Weston Scholarship Fund (now The Weston Collective) in 2004 to support high school and college students studying fine-art, black and white, film photography in Monterey County.

“Edward – Cole – Kim Weston: Three Generations of American Photography.” German Tour: 13 museums and cities. By Institut fur Kulturaustausch on behalf of The German – American Institute and The Wichita State University. June 1989 – May 1991.